Okay, Bush apologists, I can't wait to hear you spin this one

[docwebster]

I quote the wise and holy Orcinus: "I guess it only makes sense, in that Bushworld kinda way, that when the government starts building mass detention centers that Halliburton would get the contract: A Houston-based construction firm with ties to the White House has been awarded an open-ended contract to build immigration detention centers that could total $385 million, a move some critics called questionable.

The contract calls for KBR, a subsidiary of oil engineering and construction giant Halliburton, to build temporary detention facilities in the event of an "immigration emergency," according to U.S. officials."

I mean, can we stop bullshitting and just call this for the rank cronyism and outright corruption it is? Even if you can't manage, look me square in the eye and justify building mass detention centers.

(Snagged from sinboy)

Comments

[lubedpumpkin.livejournal.com]

What in the world is the Press Telegram?

[hanksterz.livejournal.com]

Dude, what are you complaining about? This is only logical if there is to be the almightily sought One New World Regime of Halliburton. Either you're a Halliburtonian, or you're jailed!

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

So, either this is a pork barrel project that someone creamed up to cover-up kickbacks to haliburton...

or those 'detention centers' with awefully large furnaces aren't going to be used to deal with an immigration emergency. Because I note, the completion dates for them are all in 2007/2008...

[midnightmadness.livejournal.com]

I guess we're just not going to be truly happy until we start just actually speaking German and Bush grows the little square mustache...

[bassbone.livejournal.com]

Mass detention centers make sense to me. Keeps 'em in one place 'til they can be shipped back.

Just to stir the pot a little...

[trochai.livejournal.com]

I'm no Bush apologist. But I do believe in equal time for pointing out others who've done similar things. Cronyism is not something Bush created. It's not something new. I would suspect that, if one took the time, one could find a plethora of facts that back up the phrase "All Presidents have engaged in this type of behavior." I am not saying that excuses anything, but if you're willing to complain about Bush doing it, you need to be willing to complain when someone YOU want elected does it. Possibly with even more fervor than with the person you voted against.

I don't like the Privacy related garbage that this Administration has done, and I get vocal about it. However, I also don't agree with ANY candidates on a lot of issues, so I tend to pick the least offensive one for me, and when they do something I dislike, I am extremely vocal, because I am then not effectively being represented.